Here's the shocking part--I Use cooked, mashed LIMA BEANS, in place of butter in cookies! Calorie count for a stick of butter=814. Calories in 1/2 cup lima beans=108. Plus you get 6g fiber and 7g protein with the beans! Lima beans can also be bought in a can. They will probably be called butter beans and have added salt. So don't add any additional salt to your cookie recipe if you use canned beans. TRUST ME!
Pumpkin Cranberry
White Chocolate Chip Cookies
2 cups whole wheat flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/8 teaspoon all ground allspice
1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
½ teaspoon salt
½ cup coconut oil
½ c cooked, mashed butter beans (yes, butter beans--a.k.a. Lima beans*)
7/8 cup packed light brown sugar
(that's 1 cup minus 2 Tablespoons)
7/8 cup granulated sugar
1 cup pure pumpkin puree
1 large egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups old-fashioned oats
3/4 cup white chocolate chips
1 cup dried cranberries
Bake at 350° for 12 minutes.
If you don't want to use the coconut oil and butter beans, you can use 1 cup butter instead, but that's going to change the total calorie count.
*Butter beans can be bought from a can, but I prefer to make my own and keep them in 1/2 cup portions in the freezer. Buy dry lima beans, cook in a crockpot until very soft and mushy. Mash them. If you use the ones from the can, I'd cut the salt in the recipe in half.
*Butter beans can be bought from a can, but I prefer to make my own and keep them in 1/2 cup portions in the freezer. Buy dry lima beans, cook in a crockpot until very soft and mushy. Mash them. If you use the ones from the can, I'd cut the salt in the recipe in half.
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